California Workplace & Employment Law Blog

AB 168 takes effect on January 1, 2018, prohibiting all California employers from relying on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer a position, or in deciding what salary to offer. The law defines “salary history” to include both compensation and benefits.

Get ready to update your employment applications and make changes to your hiring practices and policies. There are a slew of new laws passed by the California legislature that will take effect on January 1st, 2018. I’ll address each of the new major legislative updates in the coming days. This first one focuses on California’s “ban-the-box” statute.